WEBVTT HATE TEAR THEIR COMMUNITY APART.HATE TEAR THEIR COMMUNITY APART.A CROWD HOLDING TIGHT TOA CROWD HOLDING TIGHT TOCANDLES, GATHERED UNITED AGAINSTCANDLES, GATHERED UNITED AGAINSTHATE IN SAYLER PARK.HATE IN SAYLER PARK.THIS POP-UP PEACE RALLY COMESTHIS POP-UP PEACE RALLY COMESAFTER CINCINNATI POLICE AND THEAFTER CINCINNATI POLICE AND THEFBI ANNOUNCED THEY NEED HELPFBI ANNOUNCED THEY NEED HELPSOLVING THIS HATE CRIME THATSOLVING THIS HATE CRIME THATHAPPENED LAST MAY.HAPPENED LAST MAY.>> WE HEARD ON THE NEWS THIS>> WE HEARD ON THE NEWS THISAFTERNOON SOMEBODY HAD BEENAFTERNOON SOMEBODY HAD BEENVANDALIZED JUST BECAUSE THEYVANDALIZED JUST BECAUSE THEYWERE A MINORITY.WERE A MINORITY.WE WERE INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED.WE WERE INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED.REPORTER: HATEFUL WORDS ANDREPORTER: HATEFUL WORDS ANDSYMBOLS WERE SPRAY-PAINTED ANDSYMBOLS WERE SPRAY-PAINTED ANDSCRATCHED INTO THE CAR.SCRATCHED INTO THE CAR.NOW MUSIC AND SOLIDARITYNOW MUSIC AND SOLIDARITYATTEMPTS TO REPLACE THE HATEATTEMPTS TO REPLACE THE HATEFELT TODAY.FELT TODAY.>> MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE ARE>> MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE AREVERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY,VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY,SO IT IS A SHOCK.SO IT IS A SHOCK.REPORTER: MANY GATHERED HERE AREREPORTER: MANY GATHERED HERE AREUPSET, BUT NOT SURPRISED TO SEEUPSET, BUT NOT SURPRISED TO SEETHIS TYPE OF CRIME.THIS TYPE OF CRIME.>> IT IS HARD, BUT IN THIS TYPE>> IT IS HARD, BUT IN THIS TYPEOF ATMOSPHERE IT IS EXPECTED,OF ATMOSPHERE IT IS EXPECTED,ESPECIALLY MINORITIES IN THISESPECIALLY MINORITIES IN THISCOUNTRY.COUNTRY.REPORTER: THE SAYLER PARKREPORTER: THE SAYLER PARKCOMMUNITY WANTS THE VICTIMS OFCOMMUNITY WANTS THE VICTIMS OFTHIS CRIME TO KNOW THEY ARE NOTTHIS CRIME TO KNOW THEY ARE NOTALONE.ALONE.>> MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE>> MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEPEOPLE THAT DID THIS.PEOPLE THAT DID THIS.I IS THERE SO MUCH HATE IN THEIRI IS THERE SO MUCH HATE IN THEIRHEART?HEART?REPORTER: THE FBI IS OFFERING AREPORTER: THE FBI IS OFFERING A3000 DOLLAR REWARD FOR3000 DOLLAR REWARD FORINFORMATION THAT LEADS TO ANINFORMATION THAT LEADS TO AN

The Sayler Park community came together to show love and strength after a hate crime occurred in their neighborhood.

A pop-up peace rally was held at Sayler Park just hours after the FBI and the Cincinnati Police Department asked for help solving a crime that happened in May 2017. The images and information were released to the media Friday.

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The crowd gathered, holding tight to candles, and sang in solidarity, hoping to show a united front against hate.

"When we heard the news this afternoon, that somebody had been vandalized because they were a minority or didn't look like the majority of the people in Sayler Park, we were incredibly disappointed," said Sayler Park Vice President Garrett Girard.

Hateful words and symbols, including Go Home, Musslim (sic) Terrorist and Trump America, were spray-painted and scratched into a car.

"I found it surprising (that) we didn't know until today. So it happened in May, and most of the people here are all really involved in the community, so it was a shock," said Sarah St. Clair, of Sayler Park.

Many who gathered at the park were upset, but not surprised, to see this type of crime.

"It's hard, but in this type of atmosphere that we have right now, it's kind of expected, especially being a minority in this country," said Lake Pul, who attended the rally with his girlfriend.

The Sayler Park community wants the victims of this crime to know they're not alone. Many also are wondering who is responsible.

"My heart goes out to the people that did this. You know, why is there so much hate in their heart?What happened to them to think that this was socially acceptable?" said Jackie Apted, the pastor at Eden Chapel.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $3,000 for information that leads to an arrest in this case. In addition to the FBI reward, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, has added an additional $1,000 to the FBI's $3,000 reward.